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Hookmark

Link files, webpages, PDFs

Hookmark is a linking app for your Mac that helps you connect files, webpages, emails, and PDF passages when your projects involve scattered references.

by CogSci Apps · 96% positive (532)

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Helps you Build a personal knowledge base 14 Access files faster 28 Save & organize bookmarks 10

What you get

Keep your project references connected so you can return without searching again.

Hookmark gives you direct routes back to the material behind your work. You can connect a note to a source webpage, an email to a related file, or two project documents to each other. With two-way links, you can move between related items rather than retracing searches or browsing folders.

When you find something worth keeping, you can create its link from the current window using a keyboard shortcut or the menu bar. Paste that link into your notes, or connect it to another item. File links still take you to their targets after you move the files, and everything you link is saved as a bookmark for later lookup.

For long PDFs, you can return to an exact location instead of hunting through pages. You can also share those links with colleagues who have access to the same file. Your bookmarks stay on your Mac, with optional iCloud syncing.

  • Retrace less

    You can jump between related files, emails, notes, and webpages through two-way links.

  • Keep moved files reachable

    Your file links continue to work after you move the linked files.

  • Return to exact PDF locations

    You can revisit a specific passage without searching through a long document again.

  • Recover useful references

    You can look up previously linked items in your saved bookmarks after closing their windows.

  • Keep bookmarks local

    Your bookmarks remain on your Mac rather than Hookmark servers, and you can optionally sync them through iCloud.

Best for

  • You research or write using many source documents
  • You manage projects with references scattered across apps
  • You frequently revisit specific locations in long PDFs

Skip it if

You probably don't need it if browser bookmarks and a few well-organized folders already make your references easy to retrieve.

Screenshots

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From the developer

Whenever you are working on a project, you go through pages upon pages of information. You search the web, social media, and shoot inquiry emails left and right. And eventually, you start drowning in leads, ideas, and thoughts, quickly losing track of where is what.
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